Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy review

I'll start by saying, if you think about this book a little too much, everything just falls apart, but I loved it. Not the third book, but the first two. Book one was my favorite. My main issue with the third book was that it left me with more questions than it answered. What was the point of Apollo's chapters? It only added to the page count and nothing more. Eva and Jacks relationship was already established at the end of book two, we only needed them to kiss. It was only put on hold due to Eva's memory loss. But for what? What was the reason for book three at all?

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I also feel like none of the characters grew. Eva was a naive damsel in distress, as in book one, and Jack especially didn't change much. The few chapters of him we had only gave us him obsessing over Eva; we didn't get anything from his past life. Even the reason Tella didn't die from his kiss was lazy.

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I hated how information was revealed. Eva just jumps to the right conclusion when it is convenient to the plot. And don't get me started on conveniences. LaLa just appeared to get Eva from that tent when she was barely mentioned for the whole book. And characters disappearing were also annoying. Where was Marisol? She was a big part of the first book. Has she just been replaced by Aurora? They are the same person. I could go on and on. Like I said in the beginning, just don't think about it.

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I loved the first two books. If we count the first 100 pages of the first book out because they feel like a totally different book, to be honest. Anyway, it's easy to read and get lost in. The slow-burn relationship was perfect. The tropey scenes were perfect. A little repetitive, but if it works for you, then it's a positive thing. The world is imaginative, underdeveloped, but it has so much potential. Short chapters are also always a plus. Will I ever reread them? No. But I will always remember how I binge-read them with a smile on my face during a stressful time (not counting book three).

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PS I get that she might be planning to write more books in this world but completely withholding information relevant to the current story is not foreshadowing.